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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN HONOR OF GENE SCHALLER'S HISTORIC COACHING CAREER
WHEREAS Gene Schaller will be coaching his last football game at St. Rita in 2014, and
WHEREAS Coach Schaller's illustrious career spans 41 years, and
WHEREAS Coach Schaller has coached children of former players, including many who sent their sons to St. Rita just so they could be coached by him, and
WHEREAS Coach Schaller has been coaching alongside his good friend Coach Jack Quinn for forty years, and
WHEREAS Coach Schaller and Coach Quinn have never had a losing season, and
WHEREAS Coach Schaller and Coach Quinn have molded thousands of young players, including former St. Rita and Wisconsin star Billy Marek, who played for them at Visitation, and John Foley, a standout player at St. Rita's grammar school who then starred at the high school and played for Notre Dame; and
WHEREAS Coach Schaller's legacy will be forever remembered by the St. Rita community, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County does hereby congratulate Gene Schaller on his storied coaching career; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the Official Proceedings of this Honorable Body, and that a suitable copy of the same be tendered to Coach Gene Schaller in commemoration of this occasion and in grateful acknowledgment of the lives that Gene Schaller has touched through his time as a coach.
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